Rare two-faced kitten dies

A “Janus cat” born in Amity, Ore., has died after causing an online sensation this week.

The cat, named Deucy by its owner Stephanie Durkee, was born with one body and a healthy set of organs, but two faces. It was meowing from both mouths this week as video spread across the Internet. The cat was rejected by its mother and Durkee was feeding it through a syringe. But Deucy died of health complications Thursday morning.

Janus cats are rare, and don’t often survive until adulthood. In February of 2012, similar complications struck a two-faced cat named Harvey Dent in Florida. In August, a cat named Frank and Louie was recognized by Guinness World Records as the longest-living Janus cat at 12 years old.